Dispensing-cabinet



W. J. .|ANDRON.

DISPENSING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24.1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILFIRED J'. JANDRON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

DISPENSING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1920..

Application led July 24, 1919. Serial No. 313,129.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WI'LFRED J. JANDRON, a citizen of the United States residing at Minneapolis, in the county of ffennepin and State of Minnesota,`have invented a new and useful- Dispensing-Cabinet, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to dispensing and displaying cabinets for merchandise, and the object is to provide a real simple and cheap device for holding small packages of candies, chewing gums, mints and other` small goods concealed from dust, yet displayed and ready for the salesman to promptly nd and deliver them. The invention is a further improvement upon myv dispensing cabinet covered by the United States Patent No. 1,289,792, issued December 31, 1918.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top View of the improved cabinet with the cover omitted. Fi 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 in i ig. 1 with the cover in place. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cabinet with a small portion of the cover broken away and the central lifting rod raised partly' above the cover. Fig. 4 is mainly a detail top view of the cross bar 13 in Fig. 1, with the guiding bars 18 omitted. Fi 5 shows a modification of the bar 13 in ig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side view of the bar in Fig. 5 and a portion of the shelf lifting rod slidable' therein.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 6 designates a base formed of a single piece of sheet metal havin two ofiits opposite edges bent downward y to form two broad legs, 7 Secured upon said base, by solder or other cheap means, are two channel-shaped upright sheet metallic members, 8 8, whose angular anges 9 are each cut away for some distance up from the base, and are each formed with a hook 10 and a couple of projections 11 by which and the flange itself are held -glass panels 12.

Suitably secured near the top of the inclosure thus formed is a horizontal cross bar 13, which in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is shown as formed of a single metal strip doubled so as to form 'two members, one spaced above the other, whereby two spaced bearings are provided for a vertical slidable and rotatablerod, 14;-said rod has its lower` end prov notches 17 of it, (see Figs. 1 and 4) are the upper loops of two light metal strips which form four vertical bars, 18, each of which has its lower portion 19, curved outward as an ejecting guide-for the goods and is secured at 20 to the base, where it also forms a guard 21 bywhich to stop the automatic movement of the goods. The inclosure may be covered by a plain metal plate, 22, havmg short lingers 23 projecting slightly downward into the top of the inclosure so as to hold the cover in its place.

In the operation of the device, the cover 22 is removed, the shelf 15 raised by the rod 14 and handle 16, the packages of goods are then placed upon the shelf 15 and the shelf gradually lowered as the goods are piled in, until the lowest packa e rests against the guards 21 of one side o? the base (see ackages 24in Fig 2). The shelf is now turned by its rod and handle into the opposite side or compartment of the cabinet and serves to lower goods thereinto in the same manner as 1n the first side. The shelf may then be left to rest idle upon the base until next dirt by suitable wrappers, the lid 22 and the glass panels 12 may be omitted. 5

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the bar 13, or 13%, has its members secured close together and turned edgewise up and down, and the rod 14 slides-in' a bearing formed by a slight offset or bulge 24 at the middle of each member of the bar. Said bar members may then .be secured to the side pieces 8 by angularlly bent end portions 26. I do not mean to imit the invention to any certain form and way of fastening the cross bar, but said bar should have suiiciently long bearing for the vrod 14 to keep it in fairly central and vertical position.

What I claim is:

1. A dispensing cabinet composed of a io's base, a vertical inclosure open at its top mounted on the base and having two opposite outlet ports for goods near the base, means for guiding goods from the top of the in'closure down and out of said ports upon the hase; guards on the base `for limiting the escape of the goods from the ports; said inclosure having near its top a fixed horizontal cross bar with a vertical ournal bearing in its middle, a vertical rod rotatable and slidalole in said bearing and having at its upper end a lateral handle and at the lower end a lateral shelf by which to lower goods down into either side of the irclosure, adjacent each port in the same.

2. The structure specified in claim l, said guiding means for the goods comprising vertical bars extending downward from said cross bar and having their lower end portions curved outward through the ports and secured to-the base some distance outside of each port.

3. A dispensing cabinet comprising a base, a vertical inclosure open at the top mounted on the base and having two opposite outlet ports near the base, vertical spaced rods dividing the inclosure into two compartments, one near each outlet port, a vertical rotatable rod guided to slide up and down in the inclosure and having at its upper end a handle and at its lower end a lateral shelf which by turning of the rod will enter into either compartment and there serve to lower goods in orderly position into the cabinet.

ln testimony whereof l aiix my signature.

VVILFRED J. JANDR-ON. 

